Carboy



May 24 R. H. BRADFORD ET AL CARBOY Filed July '7, 1923 @Hoz new Patented May 24, 1927.

'ui'NlTun STATES P-ifr'EiNT.orifice RICHARD H. BRADFORD, JOEL S. LA BARR, AND PAUL H. THOMPSON, OF PAULSBORO, NEW JERSEY.

CARBOY.

Application led July 7,

The invention relates to a carboy or analogous fragile container and has for its` object to provide protective means for the bottle which while light effective and durable for the purpose designed and which will prevent injury to the bottle and enable r conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of theinvention.

` Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the application:

Figure 1 is a side view of a carboy embodying the invention, parts being broken away,

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is al horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The outline of the bottle is indicated by dotted lines in Figures 1, 2 and 3and as the invention relates to the jacket or casing the Same is shown more particularly in lthe drawings and described in detail hereinafter. The jacket or casing comprises enclosing sides 1, a bottom 2 and a top 3, the latter having a central aperture for the projection of the neck of the bottle, as indicated by dotted lines in Figures 1 and 2. Cleats 4 are applied to the lower `side of the bottom 2 and corresponding cleats 5 are applied to the underside of the top 3. Strips 6 are disposed within the angles formed by adjacent sides and these strips are of triangular form in cross section and extend the full depth of the jacket. Corrugated wood strips 7 are 1923. Serial No. 650,100.

disposed opposite tbe inner faces of the corner strips 6 and are spaced therefrom by upper and lower rubber cushions 8 and 9, respectively. The inner faces of the strips 7 are corrugated or ribbed and are adapted to engage the outer side of the bottle. Similar corrugated wood strips 10 are applied to the top side of the bottom 2 and' are spaced therefrom by outer blocks 11 and a centrally disposed block 12. The bottom strips 10 cross and if preferred may be reduced at the lower sides of the strips being flush. Cleats 13 are applied to the outer side of opposite walls of the jacket or casing and provide convenient means for handling the carboy, besides operating as bracing means.

The corrugated wood strips 7 and 10 provvide pressure equalizing means for the bottle, and are effective for the purpose and neutralize shock which would otherwise tend to crack or fracture the bottle.

The top 3 is square and set within the sides of the jacket and is secured to the cleats 5. This top braces the jacket and prevents collapsing thereof in the event of the same being struck on any of its corners. v

What is claimed is: f 1.. In a shipping boX for carboys, a plurality of resilient skeleton corner frames,

. point of crossing to admit of the upper and composed of uprights of triangular crossj section vhaving resilient spacing blocks, se-

cured to the inner, flat faces of said uprights i atV their upper and lower ends, and resilient inner strips having their upper and lower ends secured to said spacing blocks and having their inner walls Vcorrugated for contacti ing with the carboy.

2. A carboy jacket having angularly disposed Walls and a bottom, sti'ips disposed on said bottom for support of the carboy bottle, cushioning means at the cornersof the walls for engagement with said bottle and located above said strips, said cushioning means comprising a single relatively stout strip in each corner of the jacket, substantially triangular elements in the corners of the jacket of the same height as the second mentioned strips, resilient spacing andv cushioning means between said second mentioned strips and elements permitting unitary movement posed Walls and resting on the second men- Of each of the Second mentioned strips as an lnoned strips and said elements.

entirety toward and away from said ele- In testimony whereof we aix our signu- 10 ments, the said spacing means and second tures.

mentioned strips being of the same width as JOEL S. LA BARR.

the diagonal faces of the said elements, und PAUL H. THOMPSON.

a` top wall surrounded by said unguhuly die- RICHARD H. BRADFORD. 

